What led to Boston’s busing crisis? This graphic novel explains.

Massachusetts was the first state to abolish segregating public schools on the basis of skin color or race. But de facto segregation remained the norm 100 years later, when Black families sued for better education, and got busing instead. 6:31 a.m.

Healey offers $15 million to help Boston convert downtown office buildings into housing

Developments that have been proposed so far would bring 400 units to the central business district. 4:12 p.m.

Boston Globe Today

Watch an inside look: How we reported ‘Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope’

The more than 30 Globe journalists involved in the project also spoke to educators, parents and students from then and now. 9:06 a.m.

SHIRLEY LEUNG | HIGH & DRY

‘Durgin-Park, I can’t believe that’: How a Mattapan restaurant got its liquor license from the historic Faneuil Hall spot

Mello Vibez's experience highlights a Boston liquor license system that squashes opportunities to build both wealth and community life in underserved neighborhoods. 5:55 a.m.

The cannabis industry is fighting over how many stores one company can own. Here’s why.

A debate over the cap on weed permits has sparked worries of broken promises for entrepreneurs of color and fears of creating a marijuana monopoly. 5:05 p.m.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

To close the achievement gap, some schools take a holistic approach

Experts argue school districts can’t close achievement gaps until they remove, or at least minimize, the societal obstacles that hold so many students back. But can schools alone do enough? 6:30 a.m.

THE GREAT DIVIDE

They sued Boston’s public schools for better education for Black children. Instead, they got busing.

In their quest for better neighborhood schools for Black children, Earline Pruitt and 13 other families, including 43 children, inadvertently landed at the center of one of the most contentious civil rights battles in Boston’s history. 6:30 a.m.